The comic was planned to be released in November 2016 for the digital edition, and April 2017 for the physical hard cover edition. On 18 November, 2016, the lead writer, Michael Chu, released a statement on the Overwatch forums about the cancellation of the comic. The reason for the cancellation was because "[the team] decided to take [Overwatch's] story in a different direction". He also stated that they still plan to tell this story in another form.[1]